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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 24

Seattle Sounders FC

SEA

Sporting Kansas City

SPO

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Seattle Sounders52%
Draw23%
Sporting KC25%

Expected goals

2.03 – 1.40

Over 2.5

65%

Both to score

66%

Fair handicap

-0.50

Most likely scorelines

  • 119.4%
  • 219.4%
  • 107.1%
  • 206.6%
  • 226.6%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Too early to characterise either side — these are the numbers so far, not a read on how they play.

52%Possession49%
43%Territory41%
14%From set plays4%
0.11Chance quality0.10
5.9%Directness5.6%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 2 for Seattle Sounders, 2 for Sporting KC. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Sporting KC

No regular with a goal involvement yet.

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 372 matches, not the full season.